Word.ws English Dictionary

monk's rhubarb

monk's rhubarb noun: either of two docks (not true rhubarbs), Rumex alpinus (alpine dock) or Rumex patientia (patience dock).

Noun

monk's rhubarb (uncountable)

  1. Either of two docks (not true rhubarbs), Rumex alpinus (alpine dock) or Rumex patientia (patience dock).

Questions about monk's rhubarb

What does monk's rhubarb mean?
Monk's rhubarb means either of two docks (not true rhubarbs), Rumex alpinus (alpine dock) or Rumex patientia (patience dock).
What part of speech is monk's rhubarb?
Monk's rhubarb is a noun.

Words near monk's rhubarb in the dictionary

  1. monk's chairs
  2. monk's head
  3. monk's hood
  4. monk's hoods
  5. monk's pepper
  6. monk's rhubarb
  7. monk's seam
  8. Monk's Tale stanza
  9. monkaS
  10. Monkayo
  11. monkcraft

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: monk's rhubarb (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “monk's rhubarb.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/monk%27s_rhubarb. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.